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Corruption undermines real and rapid progress across a range of conservation and natural resource management priorities. The topic areas below organize information to help users navigate the issues and identify the most relevant resources, including current research, evidence, and guidance on core topics, case studies, expert insights, and practical tools.

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Group of women sewing and creating various items

© Juozas Cernius / WWF-UK

Communities and inclusion

Understand the impact of corruption on community-based conservation efforts and Identify anti-corruption approaches to support inclusive conservation objectives.
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© Edward Parker / WWF

Illicit financial flows

Understand how illicit financial flows and associated corruption facilitate environmental harms and explore ways that conservation programming can address this challenge.
Thai officials seize shipment of illegal African elephant tusks.

© WWF-Canon / James Morgan

Law enforcement and criminal justice

Explore ways that corruption can affect investigative and law enforcement strategies in conservation and options for addressing these risks.
A dense school of brown striped snapper creates a circle with light shining down from the surface in the middle.

© naturepl.com  / David Fleetham / WWF

Open governance

Integrate transparency, accountability, and civic participation into conservation work.
An Ecosystem Services Assessment (ESA) Technical Team, made up of members from the La Chorrera indigenous community and WWF-Colombia, review the data collected during an ecosystem service assessment of the forest surrounding La Chorrera, Predio Putumayo I

© Luis Barreto / WWF-UK

Situation analysis

Learn more about assessing the threats that corruption may pose to conservation objectives and identify responses that are appropriate to a specific context.
tons of seized ivory, animal parts illegally poached for fashion, decor and money are held once they've been seized by authorities.

© Jamie Cotten / IFAW / WWF-US

Social norms and behavior change

Identify how attitudes and social norms can drive corrupt behaviors and learn how change can be encouraged.
200 fishing boats were grounded because of IUU, company's license suspended. New minister of marine affairs and fisheries - Susi Pudjastuti - taking more hardine approach to fisheries law enforcement, Indonesia.

© James Morgan / WWF-US

Supply chains

Understand the corruption risks along forest, fishery, and wildlife supply chains, and the strengths and limitations of various anti-corruption approaches to address these risks.

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